Ruben Andersson and David Keen are academic investigators seeking to understand what they see as a conundrum: How come politicians and their collaborators are able to pursue for so long, simplistic, policies that are not only failing, but generally making things worse. Examples involve real or pseudo wars such as those on drugs, terror, migration.
Andersson and Keen have dubbed this policy approach Wreckonomics. The Mint met up with them to build a better understanding of their analysis.